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>> Reporter: EVERY SO OFTEN, WE
MEET SOMEONE WHO YOU JUST KNOW
IS DESTINED FOR BIG THINGS.
>> I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN
ENERGY STORAGE AND NANO
MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU TYPICALLY HEAR OUT OF AN
18-YEAR-OLD'S MOUTH.
>> FROM SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA,
ISHA.
>> Reporter: FROM LYNN BROOK
HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AFTER
WINNING AN INTEL YOUNG SCIENTIST
AWARD, BEATING OUT MORE THAN
1,600 STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD.
DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO
WIN?
>> NO, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T.
ONLY WHEN THE CONFETTI CAME UP
DID I REALIZE I'M ONE OF THE
THREE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: SHE CREATED WHAT'S
CALLED A SUPER CAPACITOR, A TINY
VERSION OF ONE, ANYWAY.
THE IDEA CAME FROM SOMETHING WE
ALL EXPERIENCE.
>> MANY TEENAGERS NOWADAYS HAVE
CELL PHONES, AND I HAVE A CELL
PHONE TOO.
AND MY CELL PHONE BATTERY OFTEN
DIES OUT ON ME.
>> Reporter: THE DEAD CELL
PHONE.
ISHA'S BREAK THROUGH COULD ONE
DAY MAKE CHARGING IT SUPER FAST.
20 TO 30 SECONDS FAST.
THERE WAS CAPACITORS, BATTERIES
AND SUPER CAPACITORS AND SUPER
SOUNDED COOL TO ME AND I NEVER
HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
>> Reporter: THE JUDGES WERE
IMPRESSED AND NOTED HER
TECHNOLOGY WAS WIDE
IMPLICATIONS.
>> THIS IS A REALLY BIG FIELD SO
COULD BE USED IN WIND ENERGY,
WIND TURBINES, ELECTRIC CARS, A
LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR THIS NEW
TECHNOLOGY.
>> Reporter: BORN AND RAISED IN
SILICON VALLEY,ISHA SAYS SHE WAS
CONSTANTLY INSPIRED BY THOSE
AROUND HER.
BUT NOT JUST TO PURSUE HER
GOALS.
>> NOW I'M A GIRL IN SCIENCE,
AND THAT'S GREAT.
A LOT MORE GIRLS ARE GETTING
INTO SCIENCE.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
STIGMA SURROUNDING BEING A GIRL
AND BEING A WOMAN IN SCIENCE.
AND I REALLY WANTED TO BREAK
THAT IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE.
>> Reporter: BESIDES HAVING A
PERFECT GRADE POINT AVERAGE AND
BEING A CLASS VALEDICTORIAN,ISHA
IS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL'S
VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY TEAM AND
ACCOMPLISHED DANCER.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, SHE HAD A FEW
CHOICES WHEN IT CAME TO PICKING
A COLLEGE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHATTEL SCHOOLS,
WHAT COLLEGES YOU APPLIED TO?
>> OKAY.
I APPLIED TO AND ACCEPTED TO
HARVARD, STANFORD AND M.I.T.,
YALE AND CAL TECH.
AND ALL THE UCs I APPLIED TO.
I ENDED UP SELECTING HARVARD.
>> Reporter: HER TAKE-AWAY FROM
INTEL, $50,000.
MONEY THAT SHE SAYS WILL HELP